GRE Word List
PROPONENT
one who argues in favor of something : advocate
The meaning of the word proponent is one who argues in favor of something : advocate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| residual | remainder |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |
| low | having a small upward extension or elevation |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |